British Airways

In defence of BA’s new loyalty scheme

11 January 2025 9:00 am

One of my favourite cartoons shows a couple sitting in luxury at the front of a plane, the wife peeking…

BP, Amazon and airlines light different paths to survival

8 August 2020 9:00 am

We should take heart from BP’s £5.1 billion second-quarter loss, accompanied by a halving of its dividend. What’s good about…

Don’t throw money at airlines now: wait for creative destruction ahead

9 May 2020 9:00 am

British Airways warns of 12,000 redundancies. Ryanair announces 3,000 job losses as ‘a minimum to survive the next 12 months’;…

WeWork is no more than an overhyped and overstretched landlord

14 September 2019 9:00 am

Long ago in my investment banking days I had a glimpse into the mind of the British Airways long-haul pilot.…